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Section 94.6 of part 94 of the
regulations contains requirements
governing the importation into the
United States of carcasses, meat, parts or
products of carcasses, and eggs (other
than hatching eggs) of poultry, game
birds, or other birds from regions of the
world where HPAI exists or is
reasonably believed to exist. HPAI is an
extremely infectious and potentially
fatal form of avian influenza in birds
and poultry that, once established, can
spread rapidly from flock to flock. A list
of regions that the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
considers affected with HPAI of any
subtype is maintained on the APHIS
Web site at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/
aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animaland-animal-product-importinformation/ct_animal_disease_status.
APHIS receives notice of HPAI
outbreaks from veterinary officials of the
exporting country, from the World
Organization for Animal Health (OIE),
or from other sources the Administrator
determines to be reliable. On June 1,
2017, the veterinary authorities of
Zimbabwe reported to the OIE the
confirmation of a highly pathogenic
H5N8 strain of avian influenza in the
Province of Mashonaland East that
affected a commercial poultry breeding
farm for broilers and layers with a total
census of approximately 2 million birds.
In response to that outbreak, APHIS
placed restrictions on the importation of
poultry, commercial birds, other types
of birds (research, performing), ratites,
any avian hatching eggs, unprocessed
avian products and byproducts, and
certain fresh poultry products from
Zimbabwe to mitigate risk of HPAI
introduction into the United States.
Those restrictions went into effect on
June 1, 2017. With the publication of
this notice, we are adding Zimbabwe to
the list of regions APHIS considers
affected with HPAI of any subtype.
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September 2017.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
comments on this information
collection for which RUS intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by November 20, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, USDA,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP
1522, Room 5164, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492. Fax: (202)
720–8435 or email Thomas.Dickson@
wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320)
implementing provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13) requires that interested
members of the public and affected
agencies have an opportunity to
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an
information collection that RUS is
submitting to OMB for extension.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Agency’s estimate of the burden of
the collection including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Comments may be sent to:
Thomas Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Stop 1522,
1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4493, Fax: (202)
SUMMARY:
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wdc.usda.gov.
Title: 7 CFR 1726, Electric System
Construction Policies and Procedures.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0107.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: In order to facilitate the
programmatic interest of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901
et seq. (RE Act), and, in order to assure
that loans made or guaranteed by RUS
are adequately secured, RUS, as a
secured lender, has established certain
standards and specifications for
materials, equipment, and construction
of electric systems. The use of standard
forms, construction contracts, and
procurement procedures helps assure
that appropriate standards and
specification are maintained, that RUS’
loan security is not adversely affected,
and the loan and loan guarantee funds
are used effectively and for the intended
purposes. The list of forms and
corresponding purposes for this
information collection are as follows:
1. RUS Form 168b, Contractor’s Bond
This form is used to provide a surety
bond for contracts on RUS Forms 200,
257, 786, 790, & 830.
2. RUS Form 168c, Contractor’s Bond
(less than $1 million)
This form is used to provide a surety
bond in lieu of RUS Form 168b, when
contractor’s surety has accepted a small
business administration guarantee.
3. RUS Form 187, Certificate of
Completion-Contract Construction
This form is used for the closeout of
RUS Forms 200, 257, 786, and 830.
4. RUS Form 198, Equipment Contract
This form is used for equipment
purchases.
5. RUS Form 200, Construction
Contract-Generating
This form is used for generating plant
construction or for the furnishing and
installation of major items of
equipment.
6. RUS Form 213, Certificate (‘‘Buy
American’’)
This form is used to document
compliance with the ‘‘Buy American’’
requirement.
7. RUS Form 224, Waiver and Release
of Lien
This form is used by subcontractors to
provide a release of lien in connection
with the closeout of RUS Forms 198,
200, 257, 786, 790, and 830.
8. RUS Form 231, Certificate of
Contractor
This form is used for the closeout of
RUS Forms 198, 200, 257, 786, and 830.
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9. RUS Form 238, Construction or
Equipment Contract Amendment
This form is used to amend contracts
except for distribution line construction
contracts.
10. RUS Form 254, Construction
Inventory
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This form is used to document the
final construction in connection with
the closeout of RUS Form 830.
11. RUS Form 257, Contract to
Construct Buildings
This form is used to construct
headquarter buildings, generating plant
buildings and other structure
construction.
12. RUS Form 307, Bid Bond
This form is used to provide a bid
bond in RUS Forms 200, 257, 786, 790
and 830.
13. RUS Form 786, Electric System
Communications and Control
Equipment Contract
This form is used for delivery and
installation of equipment for system
communications.
14. RUS Form 790, Electric System
Construction Contract Non-Site
Specific Construction (Notice and
Instructions to Bidders)
This form is used for limited
distribution construction accounted for
under work order procedure.
15. RUS Form 792b, Certificate of
Contractor and Indemnity
Agreement (Line Extensions)
This form is used in the closeout of
RUS Form 790.
16. RUS Form 830, Electric System
Construction Contract (labor &
material)
This form is used for distribution and/
or transmission project construction.
Respondents: Businesses or other for
profits; Not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,161.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 4.
Estimate of Burden: Average of 1.5
minutes per response.
Estimated number of Total Responses:
4.063
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 98 hours.
Copies of this information collection,
and related forms and instructions, can
be obtained from MaryPat Daskal,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, at (202) 720–7853. All
responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
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Dated: September 13, 2017.
Christopher A. McLean,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
comments on this information
collection for which RUS intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by November 20, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, USDA,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP
1522, Room 5164–South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492. Fax: (202)
720–8435 or email Thomas.Dickson@
wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320)
implementing provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13) requires that interested
members of the public and affected
agencies have an opportunity to
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an
information collection that RUS is
submitting to OMB for extension.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Agency’s estimate of the burden of
the collection including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Comments may be sent to:
SUMMARY:
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Thomas Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Stop 1522,
1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4493, Fax: (202)
720–8435. Email: Thomas.Dickson@
wdc.usda.gov.
Title: RUS Electric Loan Application
and Related Reporting.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0032.
Type of Request: Extension of an
existing information collection.
Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service
(RUS) was established in 1994 by the
Federal Crop Insurance Reform and
Department of Agriculture
Reorganization Act of 1994 (Pub. L.
103–354, 108 Stat. 3178, 7 U.S.C. 6941
et. seq.) as successor to the Rural
Electrification Administration (REA)
with respect to certain programs,
including the electric loan and loan
guarantee program authorized under the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 901 et seq., as amended) (RE
Act).
The RE Act authorizes and empowers
the Administrator of RUS to make and
guarantee loans to furnish and improve
electric service in rural areas. These
loans are amortized over a period of up
to 35 years and secured by the
borrower’s electric assets and/or
revenue. In the interest of protecting
loan security, monitoring compliance
with debt covenants, and ensuring that
RUS loan funds are used for purposes
authorized by law, RUS requires that
borrowers prepare and submit for RUS
evaluation certain studies and reports.
Some of these studies and reports are
required only once for each loan
application; others must be submitted
periodically until the loan is completely
repaid. These forms and documents
serve as support for electric loan
applications and summarizes the types
and estimated costs of facilities and
equipment for which RUS financing is
being requested.
The RE Act also authorizes and
empowers the Administrator of RUS to
make or cause to be made, studies,
investigations, and reports concerning
the condition and progress of the
electrification of the several States and
Territories; and to publish and
disseminate information with respect
thereto. Information supplied by
borrowers forms the basis of many of
these reports.
In the past two years, RUS has
implemented an application intake
system called RDApply that allows
applicants to create an online
application for RUS loans and grants as
well upload attachments, sign
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites comments on this information
collection for which RUS intends to request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by November 20, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service,
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 1522, Room 5164, South
Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Fax:
(202) 720-8435 or email Thomas.Dickson@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) requires that interested members
of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on
information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an information collection that RUS
is submitting to OMB for extension.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the
collection including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology. Comments may be sent to: Thomas Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1522, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4493, Fax: (202)
720-8435. Email: Thomas.Dickson@wdc.usda.gov.
Title: 7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and
Procedures.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0107.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: In order to facilitate the programmatic interest of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq. (RE Act), and,
in order to assure that loans made or guaranteed by RUS are adequately
secured, RUS, as a secured lender, has established certain standards
and specifications for materials, equipment, and construction of
electric systems. The use of standard forms, construction contracts,
and procurement procedures helps assure that appropriate standards and
specification are maintained, that RUS' loan security is not adversely
affected, and the loan and loan guarantee funds are used effectively
and for the intended purposes. The list of forms and corresponding
purposes for this information collection are as follows:
1. RUS Form 168b, Contractor's Bond
This form is used to provide a surety bond for contracts on RUS
Forms 200, 257, 786, 790, & 830.
2. RUS Form 168c, Contractor's Bond (less than $1 million)
This form is used to provide a surety bond in lieu of RUS Form
168b, when contractor's surety has accepted a small business
administration guarantee.
3. RUS Form 187, Certificate of Completion-Contract Construction
This form is used for the closeout of RUS Forms 200, 257, 786, and
830.
4. RUS Form 198, Equipment Contract
This form is used for equipment purchases.
5. RUS Form 200, Construction Contract-Generating
This form is used for generating plant construction or for the
furnishing and installation of major items of equipment.
6. RUS Form 213, Certificate (``Buy American'')
This form is used to document compliance with the ``Buy American''
requirement.
7. RUS Form 224, Waiver and Release of Lien
This form is used by subcontractors to provide a release of lien in
connection with the closeout of RUS Forms 198, 200, 257, 786, 790, and
830.
8. RUS Form 231, Certificate of Contractor
This form is used for the closeout of RUS Forms 198, 200, 257, 786,
and 830.
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9. RUS Form 238, Construction or Equipment Contract Amendment
This form is used to amend contracts except for distribution line
construction contracts.
10. RUS Form 254, Construction Inventory
This form is used to document the final construction in connection
with the closeout of RUS Form 830.
11. RUS Form 257, Contract to Construct Buildings
This form is used to construct headquarter buildings, generating
plant buildings and other structure construction.
12. RUS Form 307, Bid Bond
This form is used to provide a bid bond in RUS Forms 200, 257, 786,
790 and 830.
13. RUS Form 786, Electric System Communications and Control Equipment
Contract
This form is used for delivery and installation of equipment for
system communications.
14. RUS Form 790, Electric System Construction Contract Non-Site
Specific Construction (Notice and Instructions to Bidders)
This form is used for limited distribution construction accounted
for under work order procedure.
15. RUS Form 792b, Certificate of Contractor and Indemnity Agreement
(Line Extensions)
This form is used in the closeout of RUS Form 790.
16. RUS Form 830, Electric System Construction Contract (labor &
material)
This form is used for distribution and/or transmission project
construction.
Respondents: Businesses or other for profits; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,161.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 4.
Estimate of Burden: Average of 1.5 minutes per response.
Estimated number of Total Responses: 4.063
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 98 hours.
Copies of this information collection, and related forms and
instructions, can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal, Program Development
and Regulatory Analysis, at (202) 720-7853. All responses to this
notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval.
All comments will also become a matter of public record.
Dated: September 13, 2017.
Christopher A. McLean,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-20076 Filed 9-20-17; 8:45 am]
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